Beats & Rhymes 2009 (Exclaim! Magazine)
K’naan, Photo by Che Kothari
The year-end issue of Exclaim! is on the streets right now featuring the best music of the year (well, at least until the end of November) as voted on by the magazine’s contributors. In the hip-hop section, edited by myself, Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…Pt. II topped the list and the Wu-Tang member has been no stranger to Toronto this year, even referencing the city in his rhymes on the Blakroc project as pointed out by Rez.
Proper Canadian content is present with two highly acclaimed Toronto MCs making the top 10 in the form of K’naan’s Troubadour and D-Sisive’s Let the Children Die .
Check out the full round-up of the top 10 here and if you are interested you can listen to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…Pt. II streaming in full at exclaim.ca until December 14 here as the Album of the Week.